You see articles like by both left and right commentstors. The other side is always shown as ridiculous and ridiculed.

I'd say the purpose of this article isn't to point out the idiocy, but to encourage a polemic political world view, engage people's tribal instincts, and attribute specific beliefs to each. That's how the propaganda works, in my opinion - it's divide and conquer. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/a60eba2479acc5ec